150: Sterile body fluids and Multiplex PCR
Let's Talk Micro · Luis Plaza
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Show Notes
In the laboratory we routinely use molecular testing to identify organisms in blood cultures. We also incubate body fluids in blood culture bottles. What if we could use those same tests to identify organisms from body fluids? In this episode Christina Cox and Joel Mortensen join the podcast to talk about this. They performed a study where they used the cobas® eplex system (GenMark) to identify organisms recovered from sterile body fluid cultures. Tune in to hear about the results and the applications of this in the clinical laboratory.
Link to article: https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01611-23
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